16 Replies to “Question”

1. Mikey NTH says:

   January 28, 2011 at 8:53 am

   The first time if it is an assertion without evidence.

2. cranky-d says:

   January 28, 2011 at 8:58 am

   With the MFM we have, never.

3. Pablo says:

   January 28, 2011 at 9:25 am

   Never. Being an idiot means never having to be bullied by reality.

4. Lost My Cookies says:

   January 28, 2011 at 9:45 am

   Remember, these were the kids in Jr High who sat on the bleachers at lunch and called all the popular kids stupid.

   You know, the popular kids who, stupid as they were, went to college, joined a frat, had an excellent time, made lots of friends, joined the Jaycees, ran the Special Olympics, coached Little League, AAU and Junior High sports, networked like hell to get a good job, got married, had kids, bought a house, and still manage to find the time to organize the neighborhood Octoberfest, fish fries at the KofC, Boy Scout ski trips, Thanksgiving dinner for shut-ins and the beer tent at the church bazaar.

5. LTC John says:

   January 28, 2011 at 10:00 am

   Hmmm. I am not sure the number of times. Working in commercial insurance, I am only used to numbers in the billions and lower. I suspect it is a number higher than that…

6. LTC John says:

   January 28, 2011 at 10:01 am

   Oh, and LMC(“beer tent at the church bazaar”) – I want in your church… will they take Methodists?

7. Blake says:

   January 28, 2011 at 10:03 am

   Well, at least we’ve found one way progressives are consistent.

8. Lost My Cookies says:

   January 28, 2011 at 10:03 am

   If they’re young and confused… and have nice hands, I’m positive.

9. mojo says:

   January 28, 2011 at 10:47 am

   I want in your church… will they take Methodists?

   Only if they convert to Alcoholism.

10. Squid says:

    January 28, 2011 at 10:54 am

    19 And the Lord took the pretzels, and poured them into the bowl, and gave thanks, and gave unto each of them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.” 20 Likewise also the pitcher, saying, “Fill your mugs, for this is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.”

    That’s how we good German Lutherans learn our Last Supper scriptures.

11. Jeff G. says:

    January 28, 2011 at 11:00 am

    Heh.

    Don ‘t forget the braunschweiger. That’s, like, Jesus innards.

12. Joe says:

    January 28, 2011 at 11:23 am

    I am not buying the Soviets set the seeds of their destruction by getting in a Space Race with the United States. The competition with the United States speeded up the collapse of the USSR, but the space race was only one component of that. And competition is generally a good thing, but not if you have a fucked up economy like the old Soviet Union had. Things that do not kill you make you stronger. Unfortunately for the Soviet economy it was so weak it imploded from competition. The Soviets set the seeds of their destruction by adopting Communist principals in 1917 and not abandoning them quick enough. While it took a while, it was only a matter of time the system would collapse.

    When the Chinese adopted communism they failed miserably too. They only started to turn things around when they abandoned the socialist communist state controlling its markets to a free market authoritarian state focused more on national issues like taking over Taiwan and keeping the Tibetans in line and letting the markets operate with far more freedom. The Chinese also do not bother themselves with costly entitlement programs for its citizens. We are financial trouble now by grossly over spending and failing to rein in entitlements.

    The long term problems the Chinese face is if they keep being authoriarian. Authoritarian regimes are slower to adapt to changing conditions. The long term problems we face is not keeping our fiscal house in order.

13. Joe says:

    January 28, 2011 at 11:58 am

    And I am not criticizing Palin for saying it. It played a roll. But the reason the Soviet Union went down was because it was a shitty way to run a country. We might pay attention to that. If we keep running our country the way we are currently going it will not be good.

14. Point of View « Ric's Rulez says:

    January 28, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    […] Derangement Syndrome continues to amuse, especially when she elides a lot of steps, preferring getting to her point over trying to educate […]

15. TRHein says:

    January 30, 2011 at 10:57 am

    Joe, I am reading signs of hf in your responses here… a more educated hf however. Your reading entirely too much into Mrs. Palin’s statement.

16. Jeff G. says:

    January 30, 2011 at 11:07 am

    I think the whole “communism as a terrible model onto which to try to build competition, particularly against a free-market society,” was understood as a precondition of the argument, Joe.

    She was pointing to events that eventually led to the tipping point.

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